A safeguard structure for making burglary of an entire object device difficult or impossible. The safeguard structure includes and installation board that comes into surface contact with an installation place and has the area wider that the bottom area of the object device and a fixture mechanism for fixing the installation board with the object device. Affixing the object device and the installation board makes the combination of the object and the installation board device large enough to prevent removal of the combination from the installation place.
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1. A safeguard structure comprising: an installation board which comes into surface contact with an installation place onto which an object device is to be installed, and has an area wider than that of a bottom area of the object device; and a fixture mechanism for fixing said installation board with the object device, wherein the installation place exists in a closed space having a frontage that is large enough to move out the object device and said installation board separately from the closed space, and said installation board is dimensioned so that a structure including the object device and said installation board in combination may not exit the frontage.
2. A safeguard structure comprising: an installation board which comes into surface contact with an installation place onto which an object device is to be installed, and has an area wider than that of a bottom area of the object device; and a fixture mechanism for fixing said installation board with the object device, wherein the installation place exists in a closed space having a frontage having a predetermined size, and said installation board is dimensioned so that a structure including the object device and said installation board may not exit the frontage, wherein the object device has an openable housing shape, said safeguard structure further comprises a bottom plate fixed on a bottom of the object device, and said fixture mechanism fixes the bottom plate onto said installation board inside the object device by opening the housing of the object device.
3. A safeguard structure comprising: a installation board which comes into surface contact with an installation place onto which an object device is to be installed, and has an area wider than that of a bottom area of the object device; and a fixture mechanism for fixing said installation board with the object device, wherein the installation place exists in a closed space having a frontage having a predetermined size, and said installation board is dimensioned so that a structure including the object device and said installation board may not exit the frontage, wherein said installation board comprises a single member having an approximately L-shaped section, and said fixture mechanism fixes two surfaces of the object device onto the installation board.
4. The safeguard structure according to claim 1, wherein said fixture mechanism fixes a plurality of object devices onto said installation board.
5. A transaction device which performs monetary transactions in response to use manipulation, said transaction device comprising: a housing to store components for the monetary transactions: an installation board which comes into surface contact with an installation place onto which said housing is to be installed, and has an area wider than a bottom area of said housing; and a fixture mechanism for fixing said installation board with said housing, wherein the installation place exists in a closed space having a frontage that is large enough to move out the object device and said installation board separately from the closed space, and said installation board is dimensioned so that a structure including the housing and said installation board in combination may not exit the frontage.
6. A safeguarded transaction apparatus, comprising: an openable housing having a mounting surface external to the housing, an inner surface opposite the external surface and a passage between the inner surface and the outer surface, the passage accessible where the housing is open and not accessible where the housing is closed; an installation board; a plurality of slotted receptacles affixed to the installation board; a plate affixed to the mounting surface of the housing; a plurality of mounting feet engaged with and extending from the plate, each mounting foot having a first size which engages a respective one of the slotted receptacles and a second size which serves to contact the installation board, the second size larger than the first size; and a fastener which passes through the passage to secure the housing to the installation board.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising; L-shaped protrusion extending from the mounting plate; and a J-shaped receptacle attached to the installation board which receives the L-shaped protrusion.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the L-shaped protrusion has a passage and the fastener passes through the passage and is received by the J-shaped receptacle.
9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a segmented skirt which closes a space between the housing and the installation board.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the segmented skirt further comprises a slot which engages one of said plurality of mounting feet along the first size.
11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the segments of the skirt are locked together to prevent removal of the skirt.
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October 15, 1999
July 31, 2001
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